buck, n.9 (token in poker) -- quotations and definition in OED2

[Mark Mandel]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> 1887   J. W. Keller Game of Draw Poker 38   They resort to the bold
> and ludicrous experiment of 'passing the buck'.
>


Is "experiment" a malapropism for "expedient"?

Mark

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